Advantages of Non-toxic jatropha

Crude oil price of 100$/barrel and without any subsidies/tax exemptions for biofuel;

The seed cake produced by crushing full seeds of conventional jatropha can at best be used as fertilizer. It is usually not suitable as fuel because of high N content. 75€/ton assumed as expected maximum price;

Price of non-toxic seed kernel meal equivalent of soybean meal at around 330€/ton;

Shell valued at a minimum price of 75€/ton as shell has a calorific value of over 18MJ/kg.

Jatropower’s commercial non-toxic jatropha variety

The first ever commercial non-toxic jatropha plant, JPNT-1 (one-year old plant in pic), early flowering and high yielding

Wild non-toxic varieties usually show lower seed yields compared to wild conventional jatropha. Through selection, purification and breeding over the last 10 years, we have developed non-toxic jatropha plants that are comparable to elite conventional jatropha varieties.

Presently we are marketing one elite non-toxic jatropha cultivar, JPNT-1; other exciting genotypes are in the pipeline.

Further optimisation of the processing machinery is being undertaken at our research centre in India to reach the goal of a robust, affordable and scalable processing solution for any scale of non-toxic jatropha seed production.

Further reading on non-toxic jatropha

More details regarding edible Jatropha plants can be obtained at our publications on the subject: